[Sundaycommunity] Fwd: Toornto Friends, Hope you can Attend March 16 Event, Reasonable Cause to Suspect: A Book Launch and Discussion

[Dwyer Sullivan]

Thank you Brenda for spreading the word  about Matthew and his
advocacy.and  iIt would be enjoyable to be there with you, and others from
the sunday community but Matthew is also coming to Kitchener the next day,
so I'll opt for saving gas emissions and attend here.
Peace, Dwyer

On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 6:57 PM Brenda Holtkamp via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> FYI….you may be interested. My fiend Matthew Behrens will be speaking at
> the book launch.
>
> Peace!
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: tasc <tasc at web.ca>
> Date: Sun, Mar 10, 2024 at 11:44 AM
> Subject: Toornto Friends, Hope you can Attend March 16 Event, Reasonable
> Cause to Suspect: A Book Launch and Discussion
> To: Matthew Behrens <tasc at web.ca>
>
>
> Hi folks
>
> Hoping you are doing well. I will be in Toronto March 16 to speak at this
> event, which I am hoping you can share with your networks and perhaps
> attend too! It is about one of the most atrocious examples I have seen in
> decades of Canadian complicity in the arbitrary detention of its citizens.
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Matthew Behrens
>
>
>
> Reasonable Cause to Suspect: A Book Launch and Discussion on the obstacles
> preventing the repatriation from Northeast Syria of over two dozen
> arbitrarily detained Canadian Muslim men, women, and children.
> Saturday, March 16, 7 pm. Free, Iftar refreshments provided
> Friends House, 60 Lowther (At St. George subway)
> With:
> Sally Lane, whose son Jack Letts has been wrongfully defamed by an
> inflammatory UK media and illegally held almost 7 years under conditions
> the UN calls “akin to torture”
> Asiya Hirji, counsel for two mothers of six children, all illegally
> detained in NE Syria
> Barb Jackman, counsel for Jack Letts
> Hadayt Nazami, lawyer and member of 2023 NE Syria delegation
> Azeezah Kanji, legal scholar and rights advocate
> Presented by Toronto Quakers Peace and Social Action Committee, Stop
> Canadian Involvement in Torture, U of T International Human Rights Program,
> with support of Another Story, who will be selling books on site.
> Background
> Guantanamo in the Desert – where 50,000 Muslims are off-shored in NE
> Syria, beyond reach of law & rights, respect & dignity. Over two dozen
> Muslim Canadians – men, women & kids – are illegally detained there under
> conditions the UN calls akin to torture because Ottawa either refuses to
> repatriate them or has offered to repatriate children only if they are
> forcibly separated from their mothers. There is no clean water, nutritious
> food or proper medical care. The men’s prison cells are packed with
> bone-thin prisoners, many with amputated limbs.
> In January, 2023, a Federal Court judge called on Ottawa to repatriate
> them, noting: “Canadians are dying or at risk of dying every day this
> matter is adjourned.” Over one year later, Canada still refuses, going all
> the way to the Supreme Court to block their return, thereby participating
> in the illegal practice of forced exile
>
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>
> Reasonable Cause to Suspect: Toronto Book Launch and Discussion on a
> Hidden Human Rights Crisis
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